So, sick is good, right?

I'm so not cool.
I don't even get this.
Wait, is cool still cool?

There outta be a law...

...and in Maryland, there may soon be one.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ‹ Fake bull testicles and other anatomically explicit vehicle decorations would be banned from Maryland roads under a bill pending in the state legislature.

The measure was filed in the General Assembly Monday by Delegate LeRoy E.
Myers Jr., who says children shouldn¹t be exposed to giant plastic gonads dangling from pickup truck trailer hitches. The bill also would ban displaying images of naked human breasts, buttocks or genitals, with offenses punishable by fines of up to $500.

"It's time to take a stand," Myers told The (Hagerstown) Herald-Mail.
The American Civil Liberties Union objected to Myers' bill.

"The legislation is overly broad, and would probably make it illegal to have a sticker on your car of the Venus de Milo from an art museum," ACLU of Maryland spokeswoman Meredith Curtis wrote in an e-mail.

Pamela Campbell, whose Bullhead City, Ariz., business sells fake bull testicles, suggested that the swinging decorations can prompt healthy discussions about anatomy and reproduction.

"Do we have to neuter all dogs that walk by us?" she asked. "Where does it stop?"

Last week, Arizona's legislature rejected a measure that would have banned vehicle splash guards bearing racist terms or silhouettes of naked women.

Yes. I can see how this item swinging from the trailer hitch of the dude in front of you on the freeway would promote a "healthy discussion of anatomy and reproduction" with your kids while driving to go see grandma. It's a great country, isn't it?

Gnarly wreck

Saw this on the way home the other night. Four cop cars and the fire dept. I didn't see any ambulances. But the way the vehicles looked, at least one ambulance had to be called.

Scary.

Isn't this illegal?

This guy was speeding, tailgating and weaving in and out of traffic on Rosedale the other morning. Where's a cop when you need one? (at Costco I guess). Isn't it illegal not to have a rear license plate?

AND, at this stoplight, he rolled down his window and SPIT!

That's just gross.

Tony Stewart SUCKS!

I had to add this. My husband HATES Tony Stewart. He won't even let me shop at Home Depot because they're a sponsor.

Here's Stewart from the Fox Sports web page. The Fox experts picked him to have a "strong showing at Daytona."

Wonder if this is what they meant?

HARVICK WINS DAYTONA!!!

I'm no Nascar fan, but my husband is. And he's a HUGE Kevin Harvick fan. AND Harvick is a hometown boy so what could be better than Harvick winning at Daytona on Sunday, the kick off of the 2007 Nascar season?

And what a win! Here's Harvick at the finish line, just edging out Mark Martin.

This is Harvick from Saturday night, I think, when he won the Busch race.


Larry and I met Harvick's dad, who's a Kern County Firefighter at a barbecue some years back. Nice man but I understand that Kevin is somewhat estranged from his family. No idea why, too bad.

Harvick grew up in Bakersfield, graudated from North High and apparently was a strong racer from a young age.

He was launched into the national spotlight in 2001 after legendary racer Dale Earnhardt died in the Daytona 500. On March 11 that year, Harvick drove Earnhardt's car to victory.

It's fitting then, I suppose, that he would go on to win the Daytona six years later.

As I said, I'm no Nascar fan, but I sat down for the last three laps in the garage where Larry was having a little party and it was pretty spectacular (the race, not the party). They were on a caution from a previous wreck. Mark Martin was in the lead.

I asked where Harvick was and no one seemed to know, "He's back there somewhere," was the general feeling in the room. Casey Mears (another B-town product) was in 11th, which I thought was pretty good for a young guy only in his 2nd or 3rd year in Nascar.

They went to green and Martin still held the lead.

OUT OF NOWHERE, Harvick came up on the outside, Matt Kenseth hot on his bumper. Just as he blew past Martin, Kenseth wobbled and took out the car next to him setting off a chain reaction of crashes. The pack seemed to explode with wrecks behind Martin and Harvick.

It seemed like no one, except the leaders, avoided the tangle. The 07 car flipped over and skidded down the track, catching fire and finally flipping back over in the grass. (The driver was fine.)

It was neck and neck but Harvick beat out Martin by a fraction of a second.

The crowd went wild! Actually, Larry started hollering and scared the dogs.

This is a Getty image of the final seconds. Wow! (Bet Martin is T.O.'ed.)

Here's Harvick's page: http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/kharvick00/cup/index.html

CatMan

How surprising, CatMan, that you of ALL people would lose your temper at fellow drivers. Why I can hardly believe it!

Some days...

I had to go to the pharmacy this morning on my way to work. It was foolish, I know. But if everything had worked out, I wouldn't have been late.

The pharmacy (in Albertsons) opened 15 minutes late and then the pharmacy dude (does he have a special title or something?) was a big jerk and took forEVER.

So I rushed out and was on Rosedale Highway when this YAHOO totally cut me off. I mean I had to slam brakes and everything.

I honked and gave him the one-finger salute right in the middle of my windshield! I usually just do that so they can't see. Lots of crazies out there, you know. But this guy really ticked me off!

Then at the traffic light I'm looking at his car and realize, oh crap, it's a POLICE INTERCEPTER. He had the squggly little antenna on the back window and everything. It was an unmarked cruiser.

Oh boy, I thought. The one time I flip someone off so they can actually see it and it's a COP!!!!

He tailgated the guy in front of him all the way to the Costco turn off, then cut off two more people and ran a yellow to get to the store.

Musta had a special on donuts.

Driving I5

If you've ever driven north on Interstate 5, you will recognize the dullness, the monotony...

Oh, look! Kettleman City!

If these orchards are any indication, citrus will be VERY expensive this year!

My husband and I were out a couple years ago w/friends who speak Spanish. They told us Panoche was slang for, uh, well, a negative term used about wimpy men that also refers to a female body part. ANYHOO, every time we drive by Panoche Road we giggle like a couple of 13-year-old boys making armpit fart noises.


Not only is there a Panoche Road, there's a LITTLE Panoche Road AND Panoche River. Anyway, it breaks up the motonony for us...

Sidecar coolness!

It looks cool. But can you imagine riding in one of these?

Aw nuts!

This was the first time I'd seen THIS (or should I say THESE?) on the freeway.

What do you think this trucker is trying to say about himself? And why do you think he thinks any of us want to share?

For sale

I was driving to work this morning and look what I saw for sale at the neighbor's house!

Soda abuse

Dear "Mad,"

You're right. I bet it wasn't a Diet Pepsi!

Clearly it was a fully loaded sugar bomb lobbed at my friends. And the lads who chased him down were out of control, HIGH on too much glucose. Victims, we might even say, of a fast food nation.

Or perhaps it was just the evil spirit of Rosedale Highway that possessed them and made them just pure, D, UGLY!

Rosedale Hwy STRIKES AGAIN!

Ok, I know anyone who reads this blog thinks I have some kind of obsession w/Rosedale Highway, but I swear the road is a cursed, evil thing. And now I have proof.

A friend just had his own demonic encounter with the highway from hell.

Here's what happened. WARNING! This post contains graphic soda abuse references, read at your own risk:

Today while driving on Rosedale I had a couple guys in a pickup try to merge into my lane when I was right next to them. I honked and swerved onto the shoulder to avoid them...and when I pulled back onto the road, I ended up at a red light.

I thought it was over right there. Not so.

I looked in my mirror and the guys in the truck were gesturing at me in a not so nice way.
When the light turned green I went and they sped up, pulling up beside me. As we drove they leaned out their window and yelled at me and gestured at me angrily.

At this point I got angry because THEY almost hit ME, and apparently I must have hurt their egos by honking at them to point out that fact.

So I returned the gesture because I was angry. Bad idea.
When I stopped at the next light, they proceeded to pull up next to me and THROW A CUP OF SODA THROUGH MY WINDOW!

Now this wasn’t a little soda, I’m talking the 7-11 big gulp type of soda cup...filled to the top.
When it landed in my car, it literally exploded. I was drenched, and so was the rest of my car. I sat there stunned as they drove off. I got stuck behind a semi and couldn’t follow them or get their plates. I had to just sit there, drenched, sticky, soggy, and thinking to myself,

“Wow. Rosedale highway has definitely lived up to it’s reputation.”